Sevilla set up a date with Middlesbrough in Eindhoven next month in the final of the UEFA Cup after beating Schalke 1-0 in extra time at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.

The owner of the Oasis and Karen Millen brands rued the lack of a “must-have” fashion look today as it reported sluggish sales in the year so far.

West Bromwich Albion 0 West Ham 1

Sunderland 0 Arsenal 3

Icelandic group Baugur was today thought to be behind a bid for House of Fraser after the department store chain revealed it had received a “very preliminary” approach.

Hearts took a giant step towards Champions League football next season with a 3-0 demolition of Celtic in a pulsating Bank of Scotland Premier clash at Tynecastle.

Goals in each half from Brian Stock and Brett Ormerod earned Preston a victory over Leeds that takes North End into the play-offs on the back of an eight-game unbeaten run.

Milan Mandaric and Harry Redknapp are to take stock of Portsmouth’s latest great escape over the next few days before deciding whether their futures remain at Fratton Park.

Charlton 0 Blackburn 2

Wigan 1 Portsmouth 2

Birmingham 0 Newcastle 0

Ireland will be represented in both Heineken Cup semi-finals as Alain Rolland has been appointed to referee the game between Biarritz and Bath at Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastian, on Saturday, April 22.

Middlesbrough 4 Basle 1 (Middlesbrough win 4-3 on aggregate)

Spectators at the Masters did not have to wait that to see for themselves how much tougher Augusta National is now.

Swansea duo Lee Trundle and Alan Tate were today arrested by police and charged by the Football Association of Wales following the anti-Cardiff obscenities they paraded at the Millennium Stadium.

Llanelli Scarlets 18 Munster 6

Preston 0 Leeds 2

Sergeant Cecil, who made history last year by being the first horse to win the Northumberland Plate, Ebor and Cesarewitch, is among 14 horses confirmed for the £140,000-added Emirates Airline Yorkshire Cup on Friday.

Thousands of riot police broke up pro-reform protests today, chasing and roughing up demonstrators who had gathered to support two judges facing disciplinary action after they blew the whistle on fraud in Egyptian elections.

Swansea striker Lee Trundle may face police action after aiming insults at Welsh rivals Cardiff while celebrating his club’s Football League Trophy victory.